Job Title: SAP Functional Specialist - Manufacturing (PP)
Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Negotiable
What you’ll be doing: - You will be overseeing incident management and within this, be resolving any SAP incidents relating to SAP PP solutions using ITIL frameworks and processes
- Manage the requirements analysis and understand the implications of requests for change coming in from the end user community. Whilst working with the business and key stakeholders, to ensure that requirements are adequately understood & documented
- Be responsible for change management and the development of functional specifications. This will include the delivery of SAP PP configurations to support the change. You will be working with both internal and external partners during the build of the change and throughout the testing stage prior to deployment
- On larger projects, you will be working alongside functional consultants and developers from our partners and collaboratively delivering changes
- Oversee the production of high-quality documentation (Functional specifications principally and also reviewing project delivered documents)
- Engage with your user community to foster great partnerships
- Be the key data quality custodian across the function
Your skills and experiences: - You will need to have current knowledge of SAP PP principles and practice (ECC or S/4) as our team are currently operating on SAP S/4 Version 22 SP01
- Have good experience of a wide range of SAP project lifecycles in a Lead/Senior Technical/Consultant role, ideally in complex regulated environments (e.g. Defence, Nuclear, Pharma, Banking) and with this, have the ability to work as part of a cross functional delivery team
- Be able to produce high quality functional specifications and work collaboratively with functional teams and developers to build, test and ultimately support those developments
- Knowledge and experience of SAP Fiori apps in the PP area (complimenting the GUI experience)
Benefits: As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The ERP Competency Centre team: Our team sits within the wider IT function and supports circa 12,500 SAP Users currently. You will be working very closely with an immediate team of SAP Functional support and subject matter experts to support the business with all areas of focus relating to SAP in our live environment.
SAP ERP is delivering a vast amount of capability to the programmes and we have a roadmap of project work to extend this capability over the coming years.
Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 9th January 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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